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justificational

justificational adjective: characteristic of a justification.

Adjective

justificational (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of a justification
    • But the justificational dependence presupposed by Hume and by the traditional conception of knowledge is internalist: the subject has cognitive access to the factors that justify her believing something.2007 October 9, Manuel Pérez Otero, “The Humean problem of induction and Carroll’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI

Origin of justificational

From justification + -al.

Words formed from justificational

Questions about justificational

What does justificational mean?
Justificational means characteristic of a justification.
What part of speech is justificational?
Justificational is an adjective.

Words near justificational in the dictionary

  1. justificate
  2. justificated
  3. justificates
  4. justificating
  5. justification
  6. justificational
  7. justificationism
  8. justificationist
  9. justificationists
  10. justifications
  11. justificative

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